Had lunch today with a dear friend who, way back…when I first walked into the halls of police HQ, welcomed me with a handshake. On that fateful day, I presented …
Stephen Owsinski
Stephen Owsinski
Stephen Owsinski is an OpsLens Content Manager and Contributor. Owsinski is a retired law enforcement officer whose career included assignments in the Uniformed Patrol Division and Field Training Officer (FTO) unit. He is currently a researcher and writer. Follow Stephen on Twitter @uniformblue.
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One of the indelible traits cops confront on the daily is phantoms trying to pass the smell test police officers must use to determine the agenda, veracity and misguided interests …
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Traditionally, we trusted police officers. For evidentiary purposes we dash-mounted in-car audio/video cameras (great tool to capture actual footage of sobriety tests and police pursuits). Ferguson, Missouri received plenty of …
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It’s rhetorical, actually. Given that police forces are operated by local, county and state governments —like other public services such as sanitation, fire/rescue, parks/recreation, etc.— politics is a part-and-parcel ingredient …
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Leading by Example, Police Chief Works the Streets on Thanksgiving
Every police officer wishes for that proverbial cop’s cop when it comes to a police chief or sheriff leading their law enforcement agency. I’ve served under a few who, in …
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U.S. Border Patrol Academy Shaping our Nation’s Gatekeepers
With our nation’s ongoing immigration woes and the postured debate between pro- and anti-immigration stances, we nevertheless need more Customs and Border Patrol agents —a lot more— to secure our …
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You know those YouTube spots that populate the screen before videos you actually sought, forcing you to wait for the “Skip Ad” button to appear, clicking through to get your …
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Following several other small law enforcement agencies literally going out of business throughout the past few years, another one meets its fate, after the town leaders abruptly places all its …
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Florida Attorney General Bondi Prods State Law Enforcement Commish to Investigate Suspected Election Fraud
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi keyed a couple of letters on November 11, one to the secretary of state and the other letter to the commissioner of the Florida Department …
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Statistically, more and more people are acquiring tattoos. According to Statistic Brain Research Institute, the 21,000 tattoo establishments dotting the American landscape aggregate a whopping $1.65 billion “in profit annually,” …